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 CYCLONE YAAS_23 MAY

• CYCLONIC STORM YAAS was very strong and damaging cyclone.

• It was fall on the Odisha in West Bengal.
• It was first observed by the Indian Meterological Department on MAY 23.
• IT then hits coastal area of Odisha on May 26
 IT WAS THE VERY
DAMAGINGN
“TROPICAL CYCLONES”
FORMATION OF CYCLONE YASS
 IMPACT

• India

• Farmlands throughout Odisha, West Bengal, and some in Jharkhand were

damaged by flooding.
• , while small boats on within the Bay of Bengal were damaged.
Electrical lines in these states were knocked down causing thousands of power outages. [
 WEST BENGAL

• More than 4,500 villages were damaged. Various rural homes and agricultural lands were hard-hit, and
basic needs such as drinking water, sanitation, and the like were also hard to come by. At least 143
marine vehicles were broken into.
• Starting on May 25, heavy rains and strong winds started to brush the coastal and inland areas of
West Bengal, storms reaching as far as Kolkata. Before Cyclone Yaas came, a tornado outbreak was
reported on the districts of North 24 Paragana and Hooghly. One tornados reported in Halishar and
another reported in Chinsurah. Two people died with five injured and 80 houses being damaged
• Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee reported to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi an
estimate of the total damages in West Bengal from the system to be at ₹20 thousand crore (US$2.76
billion) in the state alone on May 29. [5]
 ODISHA

• Despite the heavy rains in Odisha, many residents had been evacuated, so few people felt
Yaas' impact. The state was still heavily affected, with 120 village settlements being flooded
and heavily damaged by the rains. Paradeep received over 36 cm (14.21 inches) of rainfall on
May 25.A 15-year old boy was found dead in a pond in the village of Jagannath Khunta in
Mayurbhanj.A fatality was reported on May 26 in the town of Keonjhar, when a man died after a
tree fell on top of him.10 people had to be rescued from a boat which capsized off of the
Odisha coast. Continued heavy rains from Yaas caused the Baitarani River to nearly overflow,
but it didn't as the conditions in Odisha improved. Yaas caused an estimated ₹610 crore
(US$83.63 million) in damage in Odisha, a majority of which due to the damaging of
government properties, according to a statement by Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik
on June 2.
 OTHER STATES

• Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, two people were reported dead as they were trapped in a collapsed house, eventually
not being rescued and dying there.1,500 homes were damaged, 10 lakh people were effected, and 18 people were injured
in Jharkhand
• Patna, the largest city of Bihar, a rain amount of 3.85 cm (1.51 inches) was reported by the meteorological center in the
area on May 27. The largest rain accumulation in the state was reported at the city of Gaya, standing at 6.88 cm (2.70
inches) on the same day.[Seven people died in the state of Bihar due to floods produced by Yaas as it moved further
inland.
• The rainfall from Yaas also extended to Uttar Pradesh, where many areas in the state reported light downpours including
Ballia, Mau, Deoria, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Varanasi, Chandoli, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar,
Ambedkarnagar, Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Allahabad, Maharajganj, Naugarh, Basti and Ayodhya and the districts of Bhadohi
and Sant Kabir Nagar.
• n Sidhi and Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh, the remnant moisture of Yaas caused light rainfall, standing at 0.5 cm (0.19 inch)
and 0.4 cm (0.15 inch) on May 28, respectively.
MAMTA BANJREE meets with state officials
to review situation due to CYCLONE YAAS
 RESCUE PROCESS

Serve cyclone storm Yass to gradually Rescue operationsby NDRF,Army

weaken into cyclonic storm in next 3hours, administration in Talgachari, East Midnapore
CYCLONE EYEPATH
PRIME MINISTER CHARGES A ‘HIGH LEVEL
MEETING’ ON CYCLONE YAAS ON MAY 23
THROUGH VIDEO CONFRENCING
 FUNDS

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a ₹1000 crore assistance for cyclone ‘Yaas
’-hit Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand.
• While ₹500 crore would be immediately given to Odisha, ₹500 crore was announced for West
Bengal and Jharkhand, which would be released on the basis of the damage, said the Prime
Minister’s Office in a statement.
• While ₹500 crore would be immediately given to Odisha, ₹500 crore was announced for West
Bengal and Jharkhand, which would be released on the basis of the damage, said the Prime
Minister’s Office in a statement.
 DIASTER IN INDIA

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Bharuch hospital fire

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Tauktae

7 February Uttarakhand flood 23 April Virar hospital fire 23 May Cyclone

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